Henry Goodman

Henry Goodman (born 23 April 1950) is a RADA trained British actor. He has appeared on television and radio, in film and in the theatre.
Early life
He attended the Central Foundation Boys' School and joined the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, in 1969.
Career
Television
In 2003 Goodman guest starred in the ITV series Foyle's War as corrupt American industrialist Howard Paige in “Fifty Ships”, the opening episode of Season 2 of the British TV crime drama set in WWII. In 2013 he played the role of Sir Humphrey Appleby in the remake of Yes, Prime Minister which was launched on the Gold television channel.
Theatre
Goodman appeared on Broadway in three shows. He briefly replaced Nathan Lane as Max Bialystock in The Producers in 2002, but was fired after one month due to creative differences with Mel Brooks. The following year he returned to Broadway in Tartuffe.
In 2010 he played the role of Sir Humphrey Appleby in the stage version of Yes, Prime Minister at the Chichester Festival Theatre and later at the Gielgud Theatre, in London's West End from 17 September 2010.
In 2012 he played the title role in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui in Chichester and then in the West End to critical acclaim.
In 2015 he played the title role in Ben Jonson's Jacobean comedy Volpone at the Royal Shakespeare Company, directed by Trevor Nunn and co-starring Matthew Kelly and Miles Richardson. His previous RSC appearance was in 2003 as Richard III.
In 2017 he played Lucian Freud in Looking at Lucian, written by Alan Franks, at the Ustinov Studio at Theatre Royal, Bath. Of this part, he said "I share an intense hunger to want theatre to be as meaningful as he wanted painting to be."
In 2022, he played Hercule Poirot in Ken Ludwig’s adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express at the Chichester Festival Theatre and the Theatre Royal, Bath. He was nominated for a UK Theatre Award for his performance.
Film
In 1999 Goodman played a memorable cameo role as the Ritz concierge in Notting Hill. He portrayed a Hydra doctor in the 2014 film Captain America: The Winter Soldier, though he was not listed in the credits. He played the character again, now named Dr. List, on the second season of the TV show Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and in the 2015 film Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Radio
Goodman is also a respected radio actor. He portrayed Pierre Beaumarchais in the BBC Radio 4 series Beaumarchais in 1996, "Melvin" in The Attractive Young Rabbi (BBC Radio 4, 1999-2002) and Leopold Bloom in BBC Radio 4's all-day adaptation of James Joyce's Ulysses for 'Bloomsday' in 2012. He has also played author and chemist Primo Levi and a large number of other, often Jewish, characters on Radio 4.
Awards and reputation
His awards include the Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical playing Charles Guiteau in Assassins at the Donmar Warehouse directed by Sam Mendes in 1993, and the Olivier Award for Best Actor for Shylock in The Merchant of Venice at the National Theatre directed by Trevor Nunn in 2000. He has also been nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical in 1998 for Chicago, London Critics Circle Theatre Award for Best Actor (The Merchant of Venice), and Theatre Awards UK for Best Performance in a Play in 2012 (The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui).
In his autobiography, Antony Sher says Goodman's Shylock is "quite simply the best". He reprised his role for a television film which was released in 2004.
Personal life
Goodman is Jewish. He has five siblings. He is married to Sue Parker, a choreographer and dance director.
Filmography
Television
The Golden Bowl
Bust
This is David Lander
London's Burning
Three Up, Two Down
Gentlemen and Players
Rules of Engagement
After the War
Act of Will
Capital City
Screen Two
El C.I.D.
Chain
The Bill
The Gravy Train Goes East (1991)
Maigret
Zorro
Lovejoy
Rides
99-1
Performance, BBC — Measure for Measure, 1994
Smith & Jones
Cold Lazarus (1996)
American Voices
Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes
Masterpiece Theatre — Broken Glass, TV film, 1996
Dalziel and Pascoe
Spooks, (2002, "The Lesser of Two Evils")
Trust
Foyle's War (2003)
Keen Eddie, (2004, Rabbi Mendelssohn, "Who Wants to Be in a Club That Would Have Me as a Member?", Episode 11)
M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team
Murder in Suburbia , "The Wedding", Series 2 – Episode 3
Mumbai Calling, (2007, Pilot)
Falcon
Yes, Prime Minister, (2010) 6 episodes
Midsomer Murders , (2013)
New Tricks, (2013, "Cry Me a River", Series 10, Episode 5)
Playhouse Presents , Nixon's the One, (2014)
Penny Dreadful, (2014, "Grand Guignol")
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – Dr. List
Snatch – Saul Gold
The Reckoning - Sir Ludwig Guttman
Film
Sources: Rotten Tomatoes TCM AllMovie
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
Secret Weapon
Son of the Pink Panther
Degas and Pissarro Fall Out
Mary Reilly
Private Parts
The Saint
Notting Hill
Arabian Nights
Dirty Tricks
The Final Curtain
Hamilton Mattress
The Mayor of Casterbridge
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
Green Street
Shakespeare's Happy Endings
Colour Me Kubrick: A True...Ish Story
Out on a Limb
The Damned United
Taking Woodstock
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
The Road to Coronation Street
Codebreaker
The Half-Light
Wonder
The Challenger Disaster
Captain America: The Winter Soldier – Dr. List
Woman in Gold
Avengers: Age of Ultron – Dr. List
De Surprise
Altamira
Love is Thicker Than Water
El Elegido
Their Finest (2016)
The Limehouse Golem (2016)
Two Words (2018)
Sundown (2021)
References
External links
Interview with Henry Goodman on SomethingJewish
1950 births
Living people
People from Whitechapel
Male actors from London
People educated at Central Foundation Boys' School
Alumni of RADA
English male musical theatre actors
English male stage actors
Critics' Circle Theatre Award winners
Laurence Olivier Award winners
Royal Shakespeare Company members
Jewish British male actors